Why Collegiate Athletes Should be Paid In our world‚ people who bring in money with their talents are usually compensated for their efforts. It makes complete sense right? Well for college athletes‚ they bring in billions of dollars worth of revenue for their school‚ but do not get compensated for their talents whatsoever. Most people argue that only professional athletes should be paid because it is their profession‚ but people do not take in account for all the hard work and effort these student
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460‚000 people would go out and volunteer to work for a company bringing in about 1 billion dollars a year‚ make that company more and more money‚ and sacrifice all of their time for them? And‚ the company doesn’t pay them‚ but claim that they do pay them‚ when the money just goes back to the company anyway. Do you think that someone would do that? No because that would be foolish‚ right? Then why do the college athletes do it? The answer is simply because the NCAA‚ or the company in the example
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to pay‚ that is the question that colleges are facing. College athletes are at college for an education‚ which is being lost fully paid for‚ therefore they should not be paid a salary on top of it. Problems arise when colleges discuss paying athletes. First they don’t have enough money‚ the athletes are first and foremost students‚ and it would lead to unfair circumstances. Even though tuition and various college prices are high‚ colleges are in debt. Colleges are meant for furthering education
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October 2013 It’s time to pay My topic is about why ALL college athletes of every college sport should be paid some sort of money. Now a days in the collegiate world of sports‚ colleges and Universities are generating millions upon millions of dollars through the athletic programs. From football all the way down to the golf team. Yet‚ the people who bring these millions of dollars in aren’t getting paid for it. I’m speaking about the athletes. The athlete’s adults and even children have come
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College athletes‚ the football and basketball player go through very hard time because the sports arena is characterized by injuries‚ politics and unfair dismissal from the team. According to Tyson Hartnett‚ “Why College Athletes Should Be Paid” says‚ many players often get scholarships from a period of one or two years which covers college tuition fee‚ meal-plan‚ housing and textbook and these benefits‚ participating in college sports is considered a full time job and also the NCAA produce billion
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Why Should Scholarship Athletes Be Paid? Recently in the news‚ there was a report on the five University of Kentucky basketball players that decided to enter the NBA draft after only their freshmen season. Sure‚ they were told of the millions of dollars they could make in professional sports‚ but were they given the odds of them even reaching that big payday? From picks 5-10 in the draft‚ the success rate of the player becoming a league average starter is about 30%‚ then for the rest of the first
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College athletics is a billion-dollar industry with revenue generated from hard-working‚ unpaid athletes. A college sport competition‚ such as football‚ basketball‚ and baseball‚ can be found on the television‚ radio‚ and Internet‚ almost every day. Intercollegiate athletics generate amazing ratings and revenue for both the media and universities due to their immense popularity in the United States. College athletics are big business and big money. In spite of this‚ the topic of paying college athletes
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Pay College Athletes Currently‚ sports are clearly used for a business opportunity‚ not for the love of the game. Did you know that in 2011 the NCAA signed a 14-year contract with CBS and Time Warner Cable worth 10.8 billion dollars for just three weekends of men’s college basketball? The NCAA claims to be a non-profit association but they make an average of 11 billion dollars in annual revenue. Many people don’t realize the NCAA treats student-athletes like employees. College basketball and football
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Association (NCAA) claims to be a nonprofit organization. Athletes enter the NCAA to play out their dreams of furthering their high school sports career to the next level. They receive scholarships that cover all or most of their school tuition and other fees but end up wanting more for their dedication. They expect more because they are hardworking athletes. To keep high ranked players from attending other colleges‚ coaches and other college faculty pay players under the table. Additionally‚ it is
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As college tuitions and costs for students rise‚ many people are wondering if the investments towards competitive sports are taking the focus away from education. The average college spending on sports is about $22‚000‚000‚ every year. If colleges cut down on their sports spending‚ would more students be able to attend colleges and get a better education‚ put the focus back on academics‚ and improve the school’s overall fitness? This is a question many researchers and educators are beginning to
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